Liverpool 's experienced side offered up. Here's a round-up of what the media had to say: The Guardian claimed Liverpool were almost humiliated by Aston Villa's young players. Paul Doyle: "This was supposed to be a walkover, even after the tie got the go-ahead.
But for 45 minutes Liverpool were driven to the brink of humiliation by little known but highly impressive upstarts, with Aston Villa forced to field a team of players who had never contested a senior match. "This was a surreal occasion that owed more to the strangeness of our times than to any magic of the Cup.
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